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Date:      Tue, 4 Sep 2001 10:36:08 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
To:        Brahma Naidu Golla <gbnaidu@sasken.com>
Cc:        freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org, sameerbr@sasken.com
Subject:   Re: Packet capturing at Link Layer...
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0109041034260.18360-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>
In-Reply-To: <15252.40345.212692.832960@sunk2.sasi.com>

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you can use a netgraph node to filter them
feed the ones you DON'T want back into the 
"upper" hook of the ethernet interface.

(I actually have a special node written to do this if I can get a release
from Monzoon networks to release it)

On Tue, 4 Sep 2001, Brahma Naidu Golla wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I would like to capture certain packets (Based on the Protocol type of
> ether header) at the link layer. I dont want the copies of the packets, but
> I want the packets to be received by my user land application and not to be
> processed by the L3 and L4. Could some body give me some pointers on this?
> 
> One possibility is to use Raw sockets at the link layer. But how do I
> specify the protocol type of ether header to filter the packets?
> 
> TIA
> --gb
> 
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